Question

A survey by the state health department found that the average person ate 208 pounds of vegetables last year and 125 5/8 pounds of fruit. How many pounds of vegetables and fruits did the average person eat per month?

Answer 1

Answer : Vegetable consumption per month is 17.33 pounds and fruits consumption per month is 10.47 pounds.

Explanation;

The data is given as

Vegetables = 208 pounds

Fruits = 125$\frac{5}{8}$

          = 125 + $\frac{5}{8}$ = 125 + 0.625 = 125. 625

We know 1 year has 12 months. Hence, to find out vegetable and fruits consumption per month we have to divide the given data by 12.

Hence,

vegetable consumption per month = (208 / 12) pounds

                                                            = 17.33 pounds

fruits consumption per month = (125.625 / 12) pounds

                                                    = 10.47 pounds

Answer 2

Total amount of vegetables consumed per year are 208 pounds

So per month, the amount of vegetables consumed would be 208 divided by 12 which is the number of months in a year, so :

208 ÷ 12 = 17.3

So the average person ate 17.3 pounds of vegetables per month.

Likewise for the fruits we do the same calculation.

125 5/8 pounds can be written as 125.625 pounds when you make the fraction 5/8 into a decimal.

Now we divide by 12, so:

125.625 ÷ 12 = 10.47

So the  average person ate 10.47 pounds of fruits per month.